someone who may or may not be Big Agra2012-02-28 12:49:57.0login to votescore 0

Pay no attention! We have the situation under control! Your foolish government "scientists" don't have the motivation to be truthful, unlike our private scientists! Become a stockholder now! Reap the benefits of privatization of America's farms!

someone who may or may not be Big Agra: Pay no attention! We have the situation under control! Your foolish government "scientists" don't have the motivation to be truthful, unlike our private scientists! Become a stockholder now! Reap the benefits of privatization of America's farms!

fatsean: My completely unreliable guess is that we'll get bitchslapped due to our growing reliance on single-strain agriculture before we run out of water for crops.People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.

"the Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at an astounding pace."
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".

"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.

Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)

quinblake: "the Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at an astounding pace."
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".

"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.

Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)

Maybe the Large Hardon Collider created an artificial black hole after all.

someone who may or may not be Big Agra: Pay no attention! We have the situation under control! Your foolish government "scientists" don't have the motivation to be truthful, unlike our private scientists! Become a stockholder now! Reap the benefits of privatization of America's farms!

farkmeblind: You know very well I meant after households, the next largest water uses (retail) are probably golf courses and cemeteries.

I'd guess agriculture is more than home use. USGS lumps golf courses and cemeteries along with ag under "irrigation", and that's 30% (compared with 11% for public consumption). The huge elephant in the room (which I never would have guessed) is thermoelectric power plants - almost 50%. Manufacturing is tiny - only 4%.

quinblake: "the Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at an astounding pace."
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".

"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.

Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)

I was headed in a similar direction. I was hearing the plot of several Next Generation episodes where Geordi and Wesley, at the last second, saved an entire planet of humanoids in mauve onesies from total weather-related annihilation while Riker had an affair with the world's leader with flowing hair and non-ugly facial differences for being from another world..... Ok, taking a breath now.

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